Hollywood Squares

1998 · Acting

M*A*S*H

1972 · Acting

The Bear

2022 · Acting

Black Lightning

2018 · Director, Acting

Amazing Stories

1985 · Acting

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995 · Acting

Power Book IV: Force

2022 · Director

The Parent 'Hood

1995 · Director, Writer, Acting

The Wonder Years

2021 · Director

South of Nowhere

2005 · Director

Before

2024 · Acting

Kaleidoscope

2023 · Director

The Warriors

1979 · Acting

Poppa's House

2024 · Director

Colin in Black and White

2021 · Director

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

2026 · Acting

Love Is___

2018 · Director

Streets of Fire

1984 · Acting

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1988 · Acting

The Carol Burnett Show

1991 · Acting

Black in the 80s

2005 · Acting

Undercover Brother

2002 · Acting

Motown Live

1998 · Acting

A Soldier's Story

1984 · Acting

Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire

2012 · Acting

American Flyers

1985 · Acting

B.A.P.S

1997 · Director

Hollywood Shuffle

1987 · Director, Writer, Acting

The Five Heartbeats

1991 · Director, Writer, Acting

The Meteor Man

1993 · Director, Writer, Acting

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy

2026 · Acting

Up, Up, and Away

2000 · Director, Acting

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987 · Director

Cooley High

1975 · Acting

The Mighty Quinn

1989 · Acting

Carmen: A Hip Hopera

2001 · Director

Of Boys and Men

2008 · Acting

Mahogany

1975 · Acting

That's Adequate

1989 · Acting

Holiday Heart

2000 · Director

Great Drives

1996 · Acting

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

2009 · Director, Acting

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1

1987 · Director, Writer, Acting

Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?

2022 · Director

I Was a Teenage Faust

2002 · Acting

Little Richard

2000 · Director

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3

1989 · Director, Writer, Acting

Jackie's Back!

1999 · Director, Acting

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

2003 · Acting

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

1988 · Acting

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

2000 · Acting

Willie & Phil

1980 · Acting

Women at West Point

1979 · Acting

The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder

1994 · Acting

Taxman

1999 · Acting

Ratboy

1986 · Acting

In Love with an Older Woman

1982 · Acting

Diary of a Single Mom

2009 · Director

Joseph's Gift

1999 · Acting

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

2002 · Acting

Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story

2000 · Director

Odd Jobs

1986 · Acting

Phantom Punch

2008 · Director

Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me

1986 · Writer, Acting

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4

1989 · Director, Writer, Acting

Senior Trip

1981 · Acting

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2

1988 · Director, Writer, Acting

Tao of The Golden Mask

2007 · Acting

10,000 Black Men Named George

2002 · Director

Bill Cosby: Far From Finished

2013 · Director

Mercenary II: Thick & Thin

1999 · Acting

Making The Five Heartbeats

2018 · Director

Black Listed

2003 · Director, Acting

Playin' for Love

2015 · Director, Writer, Acting

A Party For Richard Pryor

1991 · Acting

Love Songs

1999 · Director, Acting

The Monkey Hustle

1976 · Acting

Directors on Directing

2009 · Acting

In the Hive

2012 · Director

A Walk with Charles Burnett

2019 · Director, Acting

Robin Harris: One Night Stand

1990 · Acting

Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

1997 · Acting

From Behind Closed Doors

1999 · Director

Uptown Comedy Express

1987 · Writer, Acting

Townsend Television

Writer